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Actium definition

Ac·tium (ak′tē əm, -s̸hē əm)

cape on the NW coast of Acarnania (in ancient Greece): the forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by those of Octavian in a naval battle near Actium (31 )

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